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Recent Examples of tyrannize
There would be plenty to celebrate if Iranians successfully replaced the Islamist regime that has tyrannized them for 45 years.
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Jason D. Greenblatt,
semafor.com,
18 June 2025
The driving force behind these antics is a tyrannizing uncertainty.
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Andrew Kay,
Harpers Magazine,
28 May 2025
As a simple but stable system of cryptographic property rights, Bitcoin is a digital, modern-day solution to the problems the U.S. Constitution sought to solve: protecting us from humans who seek to tyrannize us.
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Edan Yago,
Forbes,
6 Nov. 2024
The mechanics of Shakespeare’s plot — unfolding first in rigid, tyrannized Sicilia and then in pastoral, sunnier Bohemia — hinge on our rooting for the characters Leontes so cruelly censures.
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Peter Marks,
Washington Post,
22 Nov. 2023
Saddam Hussein tyrannized Iraq for 12 years after his troops were routed in Kuwait in 1991.
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Daniel Treisman,
Foreign Affairs,
2 Nov. 2022
In the process, these majority ethnic coalitions tyrannize and marginalize other groups, particularly those that are not members of the coalition.
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John Mukum Mbaku,
Washington Examiner,
18 Mar. 2021
In Portsmouth, Virginia, cops have been systematically using their state power to tyrannize political enemies.
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Alex Pareene,
The New Republic,
28 Aug. 2020
In such societies, counters Madison, a majority will tyrannize the minority.
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Corey Robin,
The New York Review of Books,
13 Apr. 2020
Jason D. Greenblatt,
semafor.com,
18 June 2025
The driving force behind these antics is a tyrannizing uncertainty.
—
Andrew Kay,
Harpers Magazine,
28 May 2025
As a simple but stable system of cryptographic property rights, Bitcoin is a digital, modern-day solution to the problems the U.S. Constitution sought to solve: protecting us from humans who seek to tyrannize us.
—
Edan Yago,
Forbes,
6 Nov. 2024
The mechanics of Shakespeare’s plot — unfolding first in rigid, tyrannized Sicilia and then in pastoral, sunnier Bohemia — hinge on our rooting for the characters Leontes so cruelly censures.
—
Peter Marks,
Washington Post,
22 Nov. 2023
Saddam Hussein tyrannized Iraq for 12 years after his troops were routed in Kuwait in 1991.
—
Daniel Treisman,
Foreign Affairs,
2 Nov. 2022
In the process, these majority ethnic coalitions tyrannize and marginalize other groups, particularly those that are not members of the coalition.
—
John Mukum Mbaku,
Washington Examiner,
18 Mar. 2021
In Portsmouth, Virginia, cops have been systematically using their state power to tyrannize political enemies.
—
Alex Pareene,
The New Republic,
28 Aug. 2020
In such societies, counters Madison, a majority will tyrannize the minority.
—
Corey Robin,
The New York Review of Books,
13 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tyrannize
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Your structure sorts the whole world into two boxes, oppressor and oppressed.
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In other words, if Jay-Z’s ascent becomes shorthand for Black progress, then the critique of the system that continues to oppress those at the margins starts to fade.
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Hong Kong/Hangzhou/Beijing — When humanoid robots dominated the stage of last year’s Spring Festival Gala with sleek dance routines, Ai Lin saw more than a spectacle.
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Brazil has dominated possession but has not turned that into opportunities to score.
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The Bullet Train Effect dictates that the massive, exponential gains in efficiency, scale, and market dominance will not go to the companies making the old trains slightly faster.
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In cases involving government entities, the state dictates that liability is capped at $500,000 per single occurrence for bodily injury or death.
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While independent venues shuttered during the pandemic, venue domineer Live Nation — which can much more easily close its doors for soundproofing or for an infectious outbreak — posted its best years in 2022 and 2023.
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When her father Philip dies, Rachel’s domineering mother, Carol, played by Ormond (see first look image), driven by the belief that Philip’s lifeless body will revive itself, forces her daughter to live with the corpse.
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Progressives cite its emphasis on the dignity of work and workers, and on the need for government to regulate working conditions that threaten this dignity.
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Meanwhile, even some PBM critics question whether states can effectively regulate them.
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“Tyrannize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tyrannize. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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